Access to English: Social Studies

Watergate

The Watergate scandal is mentioned on pp. 113 and 195 in your textbook. Find out more about this event and make a brief report to your class.

The Watergate Complex, Washington D.C. The Watergate Complex, Washington D.C.

Task

  1. What was Watergate about?
  2. What role did the other two branches of government, the Congress and the Supreme Court, play in the Watergate scandal?
  3. What preparations were made to impeach President Nixon? How far did they get?
  4. How did the crisis end?

 

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